DocSaguaro Member

Hi! I just purchased Fetch so I can download from a friend's FTP. I connect just fine. Unfortunately I cannot VIEW either folders or files at that address. I know there are things there because I can see them via Internet Explorer.

Also, I can access other FTP sites via Fetch and see their contents as well. But somehow Fetch doesn't seem to like my friend's FTP site.

Can anyone help me? I am using an eMac with OS X Panther and a newly purchased copy of Fetch 4.0.3.

My friend is not a Mac user but I suspect none of the other sites were either.

Jim Matthews Administrator

The server is telling Fetch that there aren't any files in that folder. You might try choosing "Send LIST -al to UNIX servers" from the Obscure Options pop-up menu in the Misc. section of Fetch Preferences -- do you see anything different?

DocSaguaro Member

No changes on my end. I set the obscure option and refreshed the list. Then I closed the connection and typed it in again. Finally, I quit Fetch altogether and logged in again (with the obscure option). I'm still just getting "/" folder seemingly empty contents.

Jim Matthews Administrator

For some reason the server is not telling Fetch about any files. I'd expect the result to be the same no matter what FTP client you used. I'd ask the server administrator for help. It could be that the "ls" program used by the FTP server to list the directory contents has the wrong permissions.

Jim Matthews Administrator

I'd be curious to see a transcript from this other client. Fetch isn't doing anything fancy -- it asks for the file list and the server returns an empty file list. Could it be that the friend is logging in under a different user id?

Davman Member

Perhaps the server is sending a non-standard reply? What does FETCH listen for in a directory reply?

For instance, on a certain FTP server, if i connect via the basic dos FTP command, and do a LIST, i get the file/directory listing back in plain text. If i do the same in ANY graphical client, the server still sends the same amount of data, but the graphical client doesnt show the file listning that the server has sent.

Is there a prefix that the server should be sending? Something that FETCH listens for?

Jim Matthews Administrator

The reply shown in the transcript that was posted wasn't non-standard -- it was empty, indicating no files or directories. I'd like to see a transcript of a successful login to this account on this server.